It took eight years of thoughtful planning, collaboration between stakeholders, and extensive public engagement to come up with the Desert Renewable Energy and Conservation Plan (DRECP). It took the previous administration less than two years to...

CBS This Morning featured a piece on the issue of withdrawing water in Long Valley. They don't want to guarantee water for their lessees in the face of climate change. Understandable. Yet they plan to send the water that would otherwise go to the...

It's been a shaky year! The 4.9 earthquake on 12/2 and again on 12/11 could be felt on the west side of Mono Lake. The epicenter was in the Candelaria Hills, NV in the Mina Deflection zone. The Mina Deflection has been pretty active this year with...

The Eastern Sierra Sustainable Recreation Partnership is in the process of collecting ideas for projects. The first 50 projects were reviewed on September 17, 2020 and ranked based on three criteria: stewardship (resource protection), access (...

The 2019 Draft Lower Owens River Project (LORP) Annual Report came out in May. It includes an overview of the project after 13 years of re-watering the lower part of the Owens River started February 2007. Find out how what's working, what's not...

The local tribes have been working to get the Owens Lake registered on the National Register of Historic Places. With the Inyo County Board of Supervisors support, they are one step closer.

On September 22, the California Fish and Game Commission (FGC) approved a staff recommendation that the western Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia) be listed as a candidate species under CESA (California Endangered Species Act). During the 12 months as...